Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a membership of 100,000 in 1914 its numbers had doubled by 1924 and again by 1931 ; it waged vigorous self-interested campaigns on such matters as the petrol tax , the Road Fund , speed limits and compulsory insurance . |
| 2 | It revealed 10,000 chemical bombs , as well as 50 Scud missiles , including at least 30 with chemical warheads for long-range missiles . |
| 3 | The opposition Semangat " 46 party retained two Kelantan State Assembly seats on Aug. 24 in by-elections called after two of its Assembly members defected to the United Malays National Organization and were then disqualified from the Assembly when it passed retroactive anti-defection legislation . |
| 4 | When the Iranian government abrogated its CENTO membership it branded any neighbouring country that remained in CENTO as a lackey of imperialism and as hostile to Iran . |
| 5 | I was only three-and-a-half when I saw the Zeppelin , although I can not claim that it kindled any positive interest in flying . |
| 6 | It is kept alone due to its aggressive behaviour — it attacked two large Pacus and a 1½″ long Arrowana and had to be swiftly moved . |
| 7 | ‘ Thirty years ago Julian Huxley and Eliot Slater speculated that the reason why the disadvantageous schizophrenia gene was not progressively eliminated from the gene pool was that it conveyed some biological advantage such as resistance to infection . |
| 8 | Industrial conglomerate BTR opened 3p stronger at 594p after it announced two joint ventures in China . |
| 9 | The Kent-based house-builder , Ward Holdings , yesterday provided some backing for Countryside 's optimism when it announced much-reduced annual losses of £5.3 million , against a £14 million deficit in 1991. — PA |
| 10 | If the absolutely pure , uncalculating , impractical spirit of adventure had ever ruled a human being , it ruled this bespectacled youth . |
| 11 | It recommended increased scientific research , better training for foresters and the establishment of reserves to conserve the diversity of species and allow indigenous people to follow traditional lifestyles . |
| 12 | At the time , the mill , which was powered by the Painswick Stream , was engaged in the cloth trade , as it housed two fulling stocks and a gig mill . |
| 13 | By the early part of the 18th century , it housed two fulling mills and in 1709 was leased or sold by John Freame to Thomas Yates or Yeates . |
| 14 | In 1764 it housed four fulling stocks and two gig mills . |
| 15 | It is hardly surprising that it replaced the old ‘ putting out ’ system , nor that it led displaced domestic workers and artisans to smash machinery in a wave of ‘ Luddite ’ outbreaks . |
| 16 | Some misunderstood him to have said that God hates infants and when this was passed around , it produced much ill feeling towards Baxter . |
| 17 | It produced profound social changes . |
| 18 | It produced several serious expressions of interest . |
| 19 | It produced some odd scenes : when NoS wanted to state that the paper was going to be ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ accessible ’ , articles from the dummy had to be scrutinized to make sure they proved this was true . |
| 20 | Invented in the late 18th century , it made possible large schools with a wide range of age and ability , that could be run by a small complement of teachers . |
| 21 | but for us lot it made four nice medium size ones |
| 22 | But it created a new kind of assignment , which was a legal assignment in the sense that the assignee might sue directly in his own name without making the assignor a party ; but it made certain special requirements : |
| 23 | Its lights flickered at random and it made odd beeping noises . |
| 24 | It made such stellar acquisitions as the Packard collection of Japanese art , twenty-five Chinese paintings from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties , a Bacchic group by Bernini , Monet 's ‘ Terrace at Sainte-Adresse ’ , the Robert Lehman collection , David 's ‘ Portrait of Lavoisier and his wife ’ , the Temple of Dendur , Canova 's ‘ Perseus ’ and Velasquez 's ‘ Juan de Pareja ’ ( still the most important single paintings acquisition since its purchase in 1970 ) and made the museum more accessible and inviting to the public . |
| 25 | At the time , it made sound financial sense . ’ |
| 26 | The new consumer durables ( TV , washing machines , refrigerators ) were much in demand , and it made sound economic sense to enjoy the use and benefit of such things at once and pay for them out of rising real incomes . |
| 27 | Mr Sproat pointed out that currently BR was under no compulsion to make concessions but did so because it made obvious economic sense . |
| 28 | The two researchers propose that the contaminated oil acted as an ‘ adjuvant ’ — it made those rare reactions , common . |
| 29 | Built of stone with battlemented parapets , it involved intricate geometrical shaping of the masonry , and though the line was closed thirty years ago , the bridge has been preserved as an example of Victorian railway engineering . |
| 30 | As initially developed in the DOE ( Likierman , 1982 ; Whitbread , 1987 ) and later in the MOD ( Omand , 1983 ) it involved three main stages : |